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Ohio State already had started paying more competitive salaries for assistant coaches before Urban Meyer arrived in November 2011. But when Meyer and athletic director Gene Smith sat down to discuss staff pay, Smith soon realized he needed to do m...

CHICAGO -- Two years ago, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith chaired the NCAA men's basketball tournament selection committee and had to explain why UAB made it into the field and Alabama did not. Telling Alabama's basketball team it missed o...

Indiana athletic director Fred Glass talks about being in the Big Ten's new East division, football scheduling and the program's progress under coach Kevin Wilson....

Minnesota athletic director Norwood Teague talks about the Big Ten's future bowl lineup, Minnesota's football program, and coach Jerry Kill at the Big Ten spring meetings....

CHICAGO -- Gene Smith has advocated for more night games at Ohio Stadium, and he's warming up to the idea of November night games. But when it comes to the Big Ten championship game, the Ohio State athletic director wants to leave his winter gear ...

CHICAGO -- Indiana athletic director Fred Glass oversees a football program that has made one bowl appearance in the past 19 seasons. The Hoosiers soon will take up residence in the Big Ten's East Division, which includes traditional powers Ohio S...

Coming to you a little late after a busy morning in Chi-town. Julie Hermann is Rutgers' new athletic director, and here's what she has to do next. Big Ten athletic directors are looking to strengthen future non-league schedules. More notes on t...

Rutgers is hiring Louisville's Julie Hermann as its next athletic director, colleague Brett McMurphy reports. The Star-Ledger first reported Hermann's hiring, and an official announcement is expected later Wednesday. Hermann, who currently serves ...

CHICAGO -- Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon didn't do the chicken dance when asked about Notre Dame's decision to stop the annual series with the Wolverines after 2014. "I'm not sure I would have used the word chicken," Brandon told ESPN.co...

CHICAGO -- Penn State athletic director Dave Joyner jokes with his Pitt counterpart Steve Pederson about scheduling football games somewhere on the Pennsylvania Turnpike between State College and Pittsburgh. It's unlikely the Nittany Lions and Pan...

Is it late August yet? Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says a poor season in 2012 led to no night games in 2013. Iowa athletic director Gary Barta talks FCS games (or a lack thereof) on "College Football Live." The Hawkeyes face a tough road back to a bo...

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez is becoming a big fan of neutral-site games. He can't stop talking about them. When we met in March, he discussed the benefits of such games. The following day, Wisconsin announced it would open the 2015 s...

The Big Ten presidents and chancellors are expected to vote next week on key agenda items, including future conference schedules and division alignment. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez told CBSsports.com's Jeremy Fowler that the presiden...

The face of Wisconsin football isn't going anywhere. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, who coached the Badgers from 1990-2005, has had his contract extended through 2018, according to a report in the Wisconsin State Journal. The newspaper...

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany released a statement Friday about the messy situation at future league member Rutgers, which has fired men's basketball coach Mike Rice and accepted the resignation of athletic director Tim Pernetti in the wake of vide...

One current and one future Big Ten athletic director are among the nominees for the athletic diretor of the year award presented by Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily. Northwestern AD Jim Phillips and Rutgers AD T...